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One dead, another injured in suspected shootout in Andhra Pradesh

Rayachoti : One person died, and another was injured in a suspected shootout in Annamayya district, a police official said on Sunday. Hanumanthu and Ramana, who earn a living by collecting hair, selling old silver articles, and rearing goats, informed their family members that they were "shot at" early Sunday morning near Rayachoti. Additionally, they stated that an investigation is …

Ramana Rayachoti Hanumanthu

1 day, 19 hours ago

Get tougher laws to stop borewell deaths

New Indian Express

Uncapped borewells are death traps, especially for young, unsuspecting children playing in the open. On Monday, the Karnataka Assembly passed the Karnataka Groundwater Bill, proposing stringent measures to prevent children from falling into uncapped, newly drilled borewells. The Bill proposes that drilling and implementing agencies face a one-year jail and a Rs 25,000 fine if guilty of ineffectively closing the …

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6 days, 2 hours ago

Q2 growth ‘a temporary blip’, no generalised slowdown in factories, Finance Minister asserts

The Hindu

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday dismissed concerns about a cyclical growth slowdown and a generalised downturn in India’s manufacturing sector, terming the disappointing 5.4% second quarter growth numbers as a ‘temporary blip’ caused by a multitude of factors, including the conduct of the general elections and the alignment of festival calendars this year compared to 2023-24. Responding to the …

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6 days, 19 hours ago

Mooroopna boy dies in car boot after hot weather hide-and-seek tragedy

ABC

The family of a 10-year-old-boy who died after being locked in a car boot at Mooroopna, north of Melbourne, on Sunday has described his death as a "tragic end to a game of hide-and-seek". "As you could understand, the heartache and costs of dealing with the loss of one family member is numbing, let alone losing a second in such …

Boy Family Member Mooroopna

1 week, 2 days ago

Three councillors in Thrikkakara municipality disqualified

The Hindu

Three councillors of the Thrikkakara municipality stand disqualified on grounds of not having attended their respective standing committee meetings for three consecutive months or more. They reportedly missed the meetings of welfare, finance and education standing committees respectively for more than three consecutive months. Congress councillor and former municipal chairperson Ajitha Thankappan was the first to be disqualified as councillor …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Shobhaa De | Santa Uncleji, bring us some good cheer soon!

Deccan Chronicle

Just a fortnight to go before an exhausted, world- weary Santa comes tumbling down the chimney covered in soot. Here in apna desh, we are fire-fighting on several fronts simultaneously and it doesn’t look like we’ll be singing Joy to the World during community Xmas carol singing sprees, though God definitely knows our current joyless world could do with much …

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1 week, 3 days ago

New Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake to visit India from Dec 15: Here's what's on agenda

India TV News

Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will be undertaking a two-day visit to India from December 15. During his visit, the Sri Lankan President will meet President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi, Cabinet spokesman Nalinda Jayathissa said in Colombo. Earlier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who made his visit to Sri Lanka in less than …

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1 week, 5 days ago

LU undergraduate courses: Students protest new exam pattern, demand rollback

Hindustan Times

Several undergraduate students at Lucknow University staged a protest outside the administrative building against changes in the duration of semester examinations on Wednesday. Students turned up to demand reinstating the previous system in which they had to write five out of 10 questions within three hours. The Lucknow University campus Changes in the examination pattern require students to solve one …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Vicky Pattinson says she's a victim of 'medical misogyny' - male doctors dismissed hormone condition that made her suicidal for five years

Daily Mail

Reality TV star Vicky Pattinson has spoken of her experience of 'medical misogyny', after male doctors dismissed her 'crippling' gynaecological symptoms for five years. Reality TV star Vicky Pattinson told ITV's Good Morning Britain male doctors dismissed her 'crippling' gynaecological symptoms for five years 'Your mental symptoms are your mood swings, your erratic behaviour and a genuine belief that the …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Political parties trade charges over BEST mishap

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: Not 24 hours after a runaway BEST claimed 7 lives and left 42 other injured in Kurla on Monday night, politicians have begun trading charges over the horrific accident. Political parties trade charges over BEST mishap The Bharatiya Janata Party is blaming Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray for the BEST’s decision to wet-lease buses, while the Sena is blaming …

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1 week, 6 days ago

MHADA housing lottery deadline extended due to low response

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority's Konkan Board has extended its lottery draw application deadline by a fortnight, citing tepid response from potential applicants. MHADA's Konkan Board has extended its lottery draw application deadline by a fortnight. The offering includes 2,147 homes across various areas of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Konkan, alongside 117 plots in Roha and …

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Merriam-Webster Sums Up State Of America With 2024 Word Of The Year

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. “Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at large, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press ahead of Monday’s …

Trump Harris Voters Word Means Sokolowski

2 weeks ago

‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year

Associated Press

The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. “Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at large, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press ahead of Monday’s announcement. “It’s a …

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2 weeks ago

Government issues new rules for interception of messages, limits agency surveillance to six months

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The government has issued rules for the interception of mobile messages, designating the Union Home Secretary at the central level and Chief Secretaries at the state level as the authorised officials to pass interception orders. In situations arising from unavoidable circumstances, the rules also authorise a joint secretary or Inspector General -level or above officer, to issue an …

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2 weeks ago

'Polarization' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year

India Today

The results of the 2024 US presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. “Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at large, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press ahead of Monday’s announcement. “It’s a …

Trump Harris Voters Word Means Polarization Sokolowski

2 weeks ago

‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year

LA Times

The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. “Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at large, in an interview ahead of Monday’s announcement. “It’s a kind of backstop for meaning …

Trump Harris Voters Word Means Polarization Sokolowski

Virat Kohli wastes no time in Gabba preparations, hits the nets after India's Adelaide defeat; leaves Gavaskar in awe

Hindustan Times

Former India captain Virat Kohli wasted no time in gearing up for the third Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, slated to begin next Saturday in Brisbane, as he hit the nets moments after the tourists lost in Adelaide on Sunday. India's Virat Kohli walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal on the first day of the second …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Migrant worker dies in Telangana, villagers pool Rs 42K to get body back

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR/BALANGIR : For migrant labourers from Western Odisha, Balangir in particular, there is no end to the cycle of poverty, harassment and suffering despite the presence of laws to safeguard them. One such incident has come to fore at Ambapali under Saintala block of Balangir district where the entire village came together to bring the body of a co-villager back …

Village Kishor Balangir Rs 42K

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Ghaziabad: Man concocts fake childhood kidnapping story to stay with different families; arrested

Hindustan Times

When 40-year-old Indra Raj Meghwal “returned home” to Ghaziabad’s Khoda on November 24 as “Raju”, a seven-year-old who was kidnapped from there some 30 years ago, Raju’s family could not contain their happiness on seeing their “long lost son”. The would seek police help in locating his family and when families who lost their child would turn up to see …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Maura Higgins opens up about Pete Wicks relationship after leaving the I’m a Celeb jungle

The Independent

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Fadnavis, Shinde, Ajit Pawar take oath: See photos

India TV News

Image Source : PTI 1/9 Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister, while Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar were sworn in as deputy chief ministers at a grand ceremony in south Mumbai’s sprawling Azad Maidan. Image Source : PTI 2/9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union ministers and chief ministers of various states besides thousands of supporters …

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Government scraps windfall tax on crude, petrol, diesel exports

Hindustan Times

The government on Monday withdrew the nearly two-and-a-half-year-old windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil and exports of petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel, relenting to the industry’s demand after the value of petroleum product exports fell sharply because international oil prices plunged. The government had imposed the windfall tax on the petroleum sector from July 1, 2022 The department …

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3 weeks ago

Telangana woman constable killed by brother, cops hint at honour killing

India Today

A woman police constable was brutally murdered by her brother in a suspected case of honour killing near Telangana's Raipole village in Ibrahimpatnam mandal, Ranga Reddy district, on Monday. The victim, Nagamani, was working at the Hayathnagar police station and had married Srikanth, a man from another caste, a fortnight ago. "We suspect that her brother was enraged by her …

Her Brother Honour Killing Nagamani

3 weeks ago

Sikh clergy to pronounce Sukhbir’s punishment today

Hindustan Times

The Sikh clergy is all set to meet at the Akal Takht, located on the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, on Monday to pronounce the tankhah for Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal for “the mistakes committed by the party when it was in power in Punjab from 2007 to 2017”. The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of …

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One dead, another injured in suspected shootout in Andhra Pradesh

Get tougher laws to stop borewell deaths

Q2 growth ‘a temporary blip’, no generalised slowdown in factories, Finance Minister asserts

Mooroopna boy dies in car boot after hot weather hide-and-seek tragedy

Three councillors in Thrikkakara municipality disqualified

Shobhaa De | Santa Uncleji, bring us some good cheer soon!

New Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake to visit India from Dec 15: Here's what's on agenda

LU undergraduate courses: Students protest new exam pattern, demand rollback

Vicky Pattinson says she's a victim of 'medical misogyny' - male doctors dismissed hormone condition that made her suicidal for five years

Political parties trade charges over BEST mishap

MHADA housing lottery deadline extended due to low response

Merriam-Webster Sums Up State Of America With 2024 Word Of The Year

‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year

Government issues new rules for interception of messages, limits agency surveillance to six months

'Polarization' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year

‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year

Virat Kohli wastes no time in Gabba preparations, hits the nets after India's Adelaide defeat; leaves Gavaskar in awe

Migrant worker dies in Telangana, villagers pool Rs 42K to get body back

Ghaziabad: Man concocts fake childhood kidnapping story to stay with different families; arrested

Maura Higgins opens up about Pete Wicks relationship after leaving the I’m a Celeb jungle

Fadnavis, Shinde, Ajit Pawar take oath: See photos

Government scraps windfall tax on crude, petrol, diesel exports

Telangana woman constable killed by brother, cops hint at honour killing

Sikh clergy to pronounce Sukhbir’s punishment today